The BMW car, which was used to move ex-model Divya Pahuja's body from Gurugram hotel was found in Punjab's Patiala on Thursday. Pahuja, who was the girlfriend of gangster Sandeep Gadoli, was shot dead at the hotel in Gurugram. The police said she was killed by the hotel owner identified as Abhijeet Singh. The police arrested the main accused Singh and his two associates - Om Prakash and Hemraj.
The car is yet locked and the officials are trying to open the doors. There was speculation that the body was in the car but the police did not give any detail as of now.
Constable Karan Singh Gurugram Crime Branch said he and his team were deployed to search the car and they traced it following the CCTV footage on the Highways.
"Now, It is difficult to say whether the body was dumped somewhere or it is inside the car. We are trying to unlock it and also trying to get the keys of the vehicle," he added.
In the CCTV footage, two persons were seen taking out the body from the hotel and keeping it in a BMW. Pahuja had come to celebrate New Year with the hotel owner who was her friend.
The accused told the police during preliminary interrogation that Hotel City Point where they gathered to celebrate New Year belongs to him and she had some obscene pictures of him. She used to blackmail him for money. Pahuja often took money from Singh for her expenses.
The police said quoting Singh this time she demanded a huge amount. Yesterday, the accused had come to Hotel City Point with her and he wanted to delete his obscene photos from her phone but she refused to give the password of her phone which led to scuffling. In anger, Singh shot dead Pahuja.
Later, he called Hemraj and Om Prakash, who were cleaning and reception workers in the hotel. They were told to keep the dead body in the accused's BMW. After this, the accused called his two other associates and gave them his car to dispose of the dead body.
Pahuja was in the news for ditching gangster
Gangster Sandeep Gadoli was infamous in the Delhi-NCR region. She was his girlfriend. Now, her new friend has been accused of her murder. The deceased was accused in a murder case, said the police. She came on bail from Mumbai jail in July 2023. In 2016, Divya was arrested after an encounter of gangster Sandeep Gadoli in a Mumbai hotel. On February 7, 2016, the model allegedly conspired with the Gurugram Police to murder her gangster boyfriend in an alleged fake encounter.
